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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Seems my favourite festival - Carnivale Brettanomyces - has a sister festival in Brussels this year. 4, 5, 6 December at Be-here Brussels

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Made my way to Queer Brewing Taproom on their closing weekend. Happy world pride!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Unsurprisingly, Amsterdam Craft Beer fest has been cancelled. The end of Borefts festival meant that a big gap in the beer calendar was ready to be filled. Unfortunately poor communication, high prices, and inclarity on the lineup led to poor ticket sales for this event.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Burnt Mill Best Bitter at Hand & Marigold

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

On the train to Oxford! Could not let the opportunity slip to join my old homebrew group's monthly meeting. Even brought some sake with.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Met up yesterday with some of the local sake homebrewers at Nai Pure Sake Bar (Amsterdam). We had 6 sakes to sample; and exchanged rice, yeast, and nerdy process knowledge. I forgot to take pictures, but I did make a picture of the very seasonal Tamagawa Icebreaker.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Going to be in London this Tuesday and will be around for almost 2 weeks! Any events, relatively new bars/breweries, or food/drink/other suggestions are welcome!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sampling some of the local brews at Izmir-based brew pub Madam Prokopp.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Asahi, who also owns Grolsch, has just bought Gulpener brouwerij. Another Dutch independent brewery gobbled up by big beer. They have been branding themselves as local, family owned, sustainable. I guess not much of that identity will be left after this takeover. Sad times.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Did I post an update about my one week internship at sake brewery Daimon Shuzo in Osaka, Japan? Oops! I spent one week living in the brewery to learn more about the process of making sake.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I pressed my 3rd and 4th batch of sake early last week. Today it was time to measure and sample them.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Best news you will hear today: Schneeeule is making a restart!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Switching to a 4 mini regulator setup for the new kegerator. If it ever arrives that is.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I have been a bit on a brewing hiatus. Our kitchen renovations meant that my RAPT fermentation fridge became our main fridge for the past 2 months. Today they are bringing our new fridge. I am really excited to have this sorted for our kitchen and being able to start brewing again!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Oysters, cheese, sake. Pure bliss.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Happy almost new year everyone! What is everyone drinking this evening? I just picked up some sake and beer at Sterk / Pasteuning. Got some nice funky cheese at Kef and my parents brought me a box of oysters. Will pair those with the bottle on the left; Terada Honke Daigo no Shizuku.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

It has almost become a yearly tradition. For New Year's eve I get a big haul of cheese from Kef. And oysters. Now to decide which bottle of sake to pair this with.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I've been on an involuntary media diet for since early November Someone bumped into my speaker, which fell into my TV. RIP LG G5 OLED :( Insurance has been a nightmare to deal with but now they are replacing the panel on January 7th. Part of me likes not watching TV actually.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Oh, did I share yet that I enrolled into a 1 week internship at sake brewery Daimon in Japan? Because I did :-) Will take place in Februari. Look really forward to it!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I kind of took a month long break from Bluesky. Busy time at work and builders redoing our kitchen. What did I miss?

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Rob @feebrob.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Homebrewers of Bluesky! Where should I be looking/joining on here for engagement and chats about homebrewing? I am finding Bluesky to be a bit of a desert, but hopefully I'm just not looking in the right places yet. Advice appreciated - thanks! #homebrew #homebrewing #beer #uk

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I've not seen much coverage of the latest Untappd update on Bluesky. They have allowed check-in for a lot of new beverages. Not just spirits, wine, and sake. Also sodas, teas, and coffee.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Breaking the seal on a Schlenkerla Marzen from wooden barrel. A rare sight outside of Bamberg.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Lagerfest at Kromme Haring

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Spanish beer people, please let yourselves be known to me!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This evening is another meetup of the Amsterdam sake circle. The concept is simple; everyone takes a nice bottle of sake with them, tells the story of the bottle, we drink it together, and we discuss. The line-up of bottles always is amazing. I'm bringing this Sankan Shuzo Kimoto Junmai.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Just arrived at Vandestreek's fresh hop festival

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I ordered some bottles from Midorinoshima (France). The sake book I had preordered a long time ago came at almost the same time. Both are being inspected by my cat Barley.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Transferred my two fresh hop beers to kegs just now and I'm really happy with how they turned out. An amber Kveik (Eitrheim) and a big spelt Saison (8.5% ABV).

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The Xbox game pass hike was the last drop after feeling really uneasy with Microsoft for a while. I'm out! Not sure where to go for playing games on my sofa. I wish Steam would launch an updated Steam Machine. Does anyone want to buy a series X?

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Been a busy day! Picked the other hop plant and brewed a beer. As is almost tradition I brew a big Saison with fresh hops. It has a 80/20 pilsner and spelt malt base, 600 grams of green hops (Centennial), and will end up around 8.5 percent ABV. Tomorrow I will brew a kveik-based beer.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Picking my hops! It has not been an amazing year for hops but I always look forward to this annual event.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

Served some of my homebrew Doburoku at Sake Sip festival yesterday! People seemed really curious about this weird brew and I got through the 4.5 liter that I brought quite rapidly.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

't nieuwe diep is bustling! Found a seat under the trees.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Splitting a bag of the rice (the 70% polished one) into two tuns so that my fellow homebrewers can more easily split it. The rice looks beautiful!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I went for a run after a few weeks break because of runner's knee. Since the pain kept returning - even after some time of rest - I got some new shoes. The old ones (Brooks Adrenaline GTS) had a really insane heel drop. The new ones (Saucony Guide) seem much better in this aspect. Fingers crossed!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Filled my Doburoku (unpressed sake with the rice still in it - often seen as homebrew sake) It's tart and super rice-y but not overly sweet. Hint of cloves and pear (used a white wine yeast). It's a chunky boi though.. very high rice to liquid ratio; more than commercial examples I've had.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Guess who got 180 kilograms of polished rice in his hallway?

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I just cancelled my Spotify subscription after 15 years. I had already switched to Tidal for quite a while but my parents on the family subscription took some easing into the idea of switching to another music subscription. Happy to finally to turn my back on them.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Bought the last two packs at Lidl Insulindeweg, Amsterdam on my way home from work.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Confession: I sold my tickets to Borefts beer festival (last edition) to attend Sake Sip festival. I did some soul searching but I'm just not as enchanted with craft beer as I used to be. I'm still visiting Fresh Hop and Lager Fest festivals in October though :)

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Doburoku update; it's fermenting!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

My weirdo lager. It's an 80/20 pilsner and spelt base, Rakau hops, fermented with an enzyme lager yeast to ferment nearly fully dry (under pressure). It's an easy drinking beer, perhaps not as clean as I wanted it to be. Still a fun brew that is perfect to have with some food.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Making some Doburoku, chunky unpressed homebrew sake.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Sharing one of the nice bottles on the balcony.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Brewery Schneeeule in Berlin is calling it quits. I'm very sad to see Ulrike go - beer needs big personalities like her. Maybe I need another Berlin trip before they are gone..

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